UMSI aims to be transparent in what makes a successful project and collaboration experience for students and clients. 

Ideal/Successful Client Collaborations

• Client organization and points-of-contact are collaborative and responsive to students throughout the project
• Specific problem or issue already decided on, and clients are open to research and recommendations
• Primary and secondary points-of-contact are committed and communicative
• Client organization has 5+ employees
• Client can provide an introduction to stakeholders and users for interviews and data gathering if necessary to project success
• Client can provide access to organizational data, systems and resources necessary to project completion
• Client systems are stable (small updates during projects may be workable)
• Projects are important, impactful, and not mission-critical
• Clients agree to the client agreement (umsi.info/clientagreement)

Out-of-Scope Client Collaborations

• Updating social media content
• Creating videos or media
• Conducting market research
• Conducting focus groups
• Designing and deploying surveys (this is often part of a project, but this would not be the focus of a project)
• Program evaluation
• Data collection
• Data entry
• Developing/building entire websites
• Database/data source connecting (projects may have elements of these but this would not be the focus of a project)
• Large scale application deployments
• Projects that include upcoming launches or quickly shifting iterations (will majorly impact system stability for students)
• Digitizing or scanning documents and collections

Contact Us

Engaged Learning Office | [email protected] | (734) 763-1251

Please complete this form to submit a project proposal for one of our client-based courses or other programs, or to receive information about these opportunities throughout the year.